diff --git a/jaxb-ri/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jaxb/core/api/impl/NameConverter.java b/jaxb-ri/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jaxb/core/api/impl/NameConverter.java
index 0006fda44..15db10407 100644
--- a/jaxb-ri/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jaxb/core/api/impl/NameConverter.java
+++ b/jaxb-ri/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jaxb/core/api/impl/NameConverter.java
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ public String toConstantName( String token ) {
         @Override
         public String toPackageName( String nsUri ) {
             // remove scheme and :, if present
-            // spec only requires us to remove 'http' and 'urn'...
+            // spec only requires us to remove 'http', 'https' and 'urn'...
             int idx = nsUri.indexOf(':');
             String scheme = "";
             if(idx>=0) {
                 scheme = nsUri.substring(0,idx);
-                if( scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("http") || scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("urn") )
+                if( scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("http") || scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("https") || scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("urn") )
                     nsUri = nsUri.substring(idx+1);
             }